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Construction Worker Killed in Suitland Parkway Crash

One person is dead following a crash on the Suitland Parkway in Southeast, D.C. (credit: Kris Ankarlo/All-News 99.1 WNEW)

Updated: Jan. 16, 2014 2:42 p.m.
Original: Jan. 16, 2014 5:36 a.m.

WASHINGTON (CBSDC/AP) — D.C. Police say a construction worker was killed when an SUV crashed into a work zone on Suitland Parkway in southeast Washington.

The worker was setting up a construction zone on outbound lanes between Firth Sterling Avenue and Stanton Road around 11 p.m. Wednesday, when police say the crashed occurred. Police say a woman driving an SUV crashed into the back of a work truck, which hit the worker, who was standing next to it.

Police say the worker, 34 year-old Travis Jackson of Alexandria, Va., was pinned between two vehicles and pronounced dead at the scene. The driver was treated and released at a local hospital.

The crash is under investigation.

All lanes of the Suitland Parkway were closed for nearly eight hours due to the crash.

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